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PIB’S BULLETIN ON COVID-19
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- India administered 86.16 lakh vaccine doses in a single day; Highest ever single day vaccination achieved in the world so far
- 28.87 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
- India reported 42,640 new cases in the last 24 hours; less than 50,000 in 91 days
- India's Active Caseload declines to 6,62,521; less than 7 lakh after 79 days
- 2,89,26,038 Total Recoveries across the country so far
- 81,839 patients recovered during last 24 hours
- Daily recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for the 40th consecutive day
- Recovery Rate increases to 96.49%
- Weekly Positivity Rate remains below 5%, currently at 3.21%
- Daily positivity rate at 2.56%, less than 5% for 15 consecutive days
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PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU
MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
COVID-19 Update
- India reported 42,640 new cases in the last 24 hours; less than 50,000 in 91 days
- India's Active Caseload declines to 6,62,521; less than 7 lakh after 79 days
- 2,89,26,038 Total Recoveries across the country so far
- 81,839 patients recovered during last 24 hours
- Daily recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for the 40th consecutive day
- Recovery Rate increases to 96.49%
- Weekly Positivity Rate remains below 5%, currently at 3.21%
- Daily positivity rate at 2.56%, less than 5% for 15 consecutive days
COVID-19 Vaccination Update
More than 29.35 crore  vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far, through Government of India  and through direct state procurement category.Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 27,20,14,523 doses .
More than 2.14 crore  COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.Furthermore, more than 33,80,590 vaccine doses are in the pipeline and will be received by the States/UTs within the next 3 days.
Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1729304
COVID19 Vaccination: Myths Vs. Facts
Government of India ensured that entire supplies of vaccines under direct State Procurement were provided before 21st June, 2021 to States/UTs
- No balance doses of direct State Procurement pending with the vaccine manufacturers
- In addition, Government of India provided adequate free doses to States/UTs, as scheduled
There have been some media reports alleging non-supply of any free vaccines for 18-44priority age group by Delhi government amid the ongoing free COVID-19 vaccination drive. It is clarified that Government of India had ensured that full supplies of COVID-19 vaccines under the direct state procurement are provided to the concerned states before 21st June 2021.
Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729396
No scientific evidences found linking COVID19 vaccination with infertility in men &women
NEGVAC has recommended COVID19 vaccination for all lactating women
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare  has clarified in the FAQs posted on the website  that none of the available vaccines affects fertility, as all vaccines and their constituents are tested first on animals and later in humans to assess if they have any such side effects. Vaccines are authorized for use only after their safety and efficacy is assured.
Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1729100
Quick Vaccination key to open the economy and go back to normal: Dr. V. K. Paul
- Aim is to vaccinate at least one crore people a day: Dr. N. K. Arora
- Public participation is key to success of Vaccination Drive
- “Vaccine availability will not be an issue, 20 – 22 crore doses next month”
Member , NITI Aayog, Dr. V. K. Paul has informed that India has administered nearly 81 lakh vaccine doses, on the first day when the Revised Guidelines for COVID Vaccination came into force.
A Sign of India’s ability to Vaccinate at Scale
Speaking to DD News, he said that the day one vaccination figures demonstrate India's ability to carry out vaccination on large scale for days and weeks together. "All this was possible because of planning and coordination between Central and state government and taking up the task work in mission mode," added Dr Paul.
“Whether or not Third Wave occurs is in our hands”
Dr. Paul reminded that a third wave can be stopped if COVID Appropriate Behaviour is followed and majority of people get vaccinated. “Why will there be a third wave if we follow COVID Appropriate Behaviour and get ourselves vaccinated? There are many countries where even second wave has not arrived; if we follow COVID appropriate behaviour, this period will pass."
Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1729282
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurates several important projects in Karnataka, including an Oxygen Generator Plant and 50 Beds at Govt. Hospital
Shri Pradhan said that the nation saw unprecedented challenges during the second wave of the pandemic, and put enormous stress on the health system. The requirement of medical oxygen shot up in the country, and our steel and petroleum companies, both from the public and private sectors, rose to the occasion and supplied liquid medical oxygen in the country. He said that the Oxygen requirement in the country went uptoover 10,000 MT/day during the last month but steel Companies even undertook production cut in steel to meet the country’s demand. He said that the Oxygen production capacities are in the Eastern parts of the country while the demand was maximum in the Northern and western parts of the country. The situation was well managed, and capacities were ramped up. Today, there is no dearth of Oxygen concentrators, cylinders and PSA plants in the country. Shri Pradhan congratulated the Karnataka government for managing the pandemic efficiently. It even provided the Oxygen to its neighbouring states during the initial days.
Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729339
PM lauds record breaking vaccination numbers
The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi yesterday expressed happiness over therecordbreaking vaccination numbers and has praised frontline Corona warriors for their hard work.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said: "Today’s record-breaking vaccination numbers are gladdening. The vaccine remains our strongest weapon to fight COVID-19. Congratulations to those who got vaccinated and kudos to all the front-line warriors working hard to ensure so many citizens got the vaccine.
Well done India!"
Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1729165
Dr. Jitendra launches“Vaccines for All-Free for All" at the holy town of Katra-Vaishno Devi in J&K
Minister of State  Development of North Eastern Region , MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh yesterday called for extending drive-in Vaccination facility, wherein the individual seeking vaccination has the option to drive-in to the nearest Vaccination centre in his or her own vehicle or transport and receive the jab while sitting in the vehicle itself. Thereafter, the individual can be advised to keep the vehicle parked and wait there itself for the mandatory 30 minutes of observation period during which, if possible, he or she could also be served a light refreshment like a pack of juice etc. He said, this experiment had been very successfully tried with encouraging results in several districts of the country and could also be replicated here, in order to make the vaccination drive faster and more friendly.
Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1729129
Inputs from PIB Field Offices
Kerala:In a much-desired relief for public, more lockdown relaxations are likely to be announced today as the Test Positivity Rate of the Covid pandemic has been on the decline in the state. After evaluating the TPR figures from all districts and the local bodies, a review meeting will be chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan later today. A decision is also likely to be taken about the opening of places of worship at the meeting. None of the 14 districts in Kerala reported more than 1,000 fresh Covid cases on Monday. The TPR in the state dropped below 10 per cent after 72 days. After the start of the second wave of the pandemic, the TPR had touched 10 per cent on April 10. The state confirmed 7499 Covid-19 more cases yesterday. As of now, there are 99,693 active cases in the state. The state confirmed 94 deaths due to the virus on Monday with the toll rising to 12,154. The test positivity rate stood at 9.63. Meanwhile, a total of 1,26,22,134 people have so far been vaccinated in the state. Out of this, 99,92,138 took first dose and 26,29,996 took second dose.
Tamil Nadu:The Tamil Nadu government's committee on NEET has received 25,000 suggestions so far, said Justice AK Rajan who heads the committee. Health Minister M Subramanian said that private hospitals in Tamil Nadu can now get black fungus medicine online from State govt. The expert committee, which was constituted to come out with a formula to calculate Class XII marks in the wake of exams cancellations due to Covid pandemic, is expected to submit its report to the State government this week. Tamil Nadu recorded 7,427 more new cases and 189 deaths on Monday, taking the overall case tally to 24,29,924 and deaths to 31,386 leaving 61,329 active cases in the State. Tamil Nadu Health Department officials have said the state again faced shortage of Vaccines. After vaccinating 3.9 lakh people on Monday— the highest since January — Tamil Nadu announced it will ensure 100% vaccination of select groups such as tribals, employees of tea estates and residents of tourist destinations over the next few weeks ahead of the anticipated third wave. It will also put some cities such as Chennai and Coimbatore – the erstwhile hotspots — on “hyper vaccination mode”.So far 12400061 vaccination doses have been administered in the State.
Karnataka:As per the State Government bulletin released for 21-06-2021, New Cases Reported: 4,867; Total Active Cases: 1,23,134; New Covid Deaths: 142; Total Covid Deaths: 34,025; Around 5,78,841 were vaccinated yesterday with a total of 1,90,63,464 have been vaccinated in the state till now. A total of 11,11,753 doses of vaccine have been distributed in the Vaccine drive across the state on Monday. The Department of Health and Family Welfare has exceeded the 11 lakh dose vaccine target. With the dramatic fall in Covid numbers, 91% of the beds in private hospitals reserved for government quota have fallen vacant, allowing hospitals to get back many of the beds and provide them for non-Covid services.
Andhra Pradesh: State reported 2620 new Covid-19 cases after testing 55,002 samples with 44 deaths, while 7504 got discharged during the last 24 hours. Total cases: 18,53,183; Active cases: 58,140; Discharges: 17,82,680; Deaths: 12,363. A total of 1,39,95,490 doses of Covid vaccines have been administered in the state as on yesterday, which include 1,12,50,631 first doses and 27,44,859 second doses. Vaccine was administered to 10,29,266 mothers having children below five years of age and first dose of vaccination is completed to 11,158 people who will be going abroad. Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy congratulated the staff for setting record by administering over 13 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccine on a single day on June 20. During the review, he said they had proven that they can administer large number of vaccines if provided and added that the state has effective mechanism comprising of Asha workers, ANMs, staff in village/ward secretariats and two primary health centres per each mandal. Meanwhile, the State Road Transport Corporation has resumed services to Telangana, mainly to Hyderabad on Monday.
Telangana:A total of 1006 new cases and 11 fatalities were reported yesterday taking the total number of cases in the state to 6,13,202 and deaths to 3,657. No cases were reported in two districts of Adilabad and Nirmal for the first time after a gap of over two months. The recovery rate in the state reported to be 96.52 percent against the national average of 96.27 percent. The number of active cases in the state stands at 17,765. Coming to vaccination drive in the state, a total of 1,03,145 people of all sections received the first dose and 3065 the second dose yesterday. The cumulative number of people received the first dose in the state till now stands at 76,11,888 and the second dose at 15,61,197.
Assam: In assam, a mega COVID vaccination campaign which aims at immunizing 3 lakh people every day began on Monday. Altogether 3,30,707 people were vaccinated on the first day.35 COVID deaths were reported in Assam in the last 24 hours, while 2,805 new infections were detected in 1,70,856 tests done during the day. Kamrup Metro saw 158 new cases.
The State Government issued a fresh SOP with little modification on Monday. 5 districts Cachar, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sonitpur and Nagaon are still under the lens of the Health Department as the COVID-19 cases are still high there.
Manipur: Manipur State on monday saw sharp drop in the number of daily tests conducted as only 2272 samples were processed out of which 353 positive cases of COVID-19 cropped up leading to spike in the test positivity rate at 15.54 per cent. The cumulative number of people who have been inoculated in Manipur reached 4,94,104.
Meghalaya:. Meghalaya reported the lowest single day case tally in 45 days, with 269 fresh cases detected on Monday. Moreover, 655 patients recuperated from the disease, bringing down the active case tally in the state to 4,196.The state also registered five deaths on the day, pushing the death toll to 785.
Nagaland: Nagaland's COVID-19 cases rise again with 126 new cases with 6 fatalities. Active cases are 1844 while tally reaches 24,374. A total of 4,17,676 doses of Covishield have been administered in Nagaland so far, according to State Immunisation Officer Dr.RituThurr. Nagaland govt to transfer INR 2000 each to registered construction workers affected by the pandemic and lockdown. An update from DIPR said the state Labour Dept has registered 30,797 beneficiaries so far.
Tripura:In Tripura, special two days vaccination drive was innaugurated by Chief Minister and in the first day a total of 1,40,845 people were vaccinated in the state. Positive cases have also declined with 175 new infections recorded in last 24 hours and 4 deaths.
Sikkim:The number of active cases of novel Coronavirus in Sikkim dropped below 2,500 after a long while today and now standsat 2,448 with 273 more formerly COVID-positive patients completing their home isolation in the last 24 hours. Sikkim’s count of recovered cases has now reached 16,329 against the 19,321 confirmed cases recorded thus far. Sikkim reports only 25 news cases during past 24 hours.
Maharashtra: Maharashtra Government has decided to resume free COVID- 19 vaccination of the age group 18 to 29 years from today in government hospitals. All beneficiaries from this age group will be able to get free vaccines at government hospitals in the state.
Maharashtra on Monday reported 6,270 new coronavirus cases, a four-month low daily count, taking its COVID-19 tally to 59,79,051, while 94 deaths pushed the toll to 1,18,313.18 cases were reported. There are now 1,24,398 active cases in the state, where the coronavirus recovery rate is 95.89 per cent.Twenty-one cases of the ''Delta plus'' variant of COVID-19, considered highly infectious, have been found in Maharashtra so far. As many as 7,998 cases of Mucormycosis have been reported in the state so far and 729 people have succumbed to the disease till yesterday. According to the State Health Department's data, of these, 4,398 patients are currently under treatment for the disease.
Gujarat: Gujarat reported 151 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, taking its tally to 8,22,485, while 619 patients recovered from the infection. With two more deaths, the number of COVID-19 fatalities in the state rose to 10,034. A total of 619 patients were discharged during the day, pushing the count of recovered cases in Gujarat to 8,06,812. There are now 5,639 active cases in Gujarat.On Monday, 3,72,063 doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered to the beneficiaries in the age group of 18-44 years, for which the state has launched an on the spot registration facility.
Rajasthan: The Rajasthan Health department has started preparations for possible 3rd wave of COVID in the state. Around 200 ICU beds would be available JK Lone Hospital in Jaipur. 600 beds in JK Lone hospital will be kept reserved for coronavirus patients. An oxygen plant is being set up in the hospital and soon the JK Lone hospital will have around 1500 litre oxygen capacity.Rajasthan recorded six more Covid deaths, which pushed the toll to 8,901, while 151 new cases took the tally to 9,51,256 in the state on Monday. Of the fresh positive cases, the highest 53 were reported from Alwar and 26 from Jaipur, the report said. The number of active cases at present is 2,691.
Madhya Pradesh: Madhya Pradesh has become first state in the country to achieve more than 15 lakh COVID vaccinations against the 10 lakh target set on the Mega Vaccination Drive on International Yoga Day.Madhya Pradesh's COVID-19 tally touched 7,89,350 on Monday after 89 fresh cases were reported, while the death toll increased by 19 to reach 8,786. A total of 29 of 52 districts in the state did not report any coronavirus case in the past 24 hours. There are 1,980 active cases in the state.
Chhattisgarh: The centralised free vaccination drive began on Monday under which around 70,000 people of all categories were vaccinated across state. Increasing the total number of vaccinated people to 76,28,352 in Chhattisgarh.Chhattisgarh's COVID-19 count rose to 9,91,171 on Monday with the addition of 496 fresh cases, while the death toll increased by eight to 13,395. The number of recoveries reached 9,69,212 after 208 people were discharged from various hospitals, while 908 others completed their home isolation during the day. The number of active cases in the state stands at 8,564.
Goa: Goa''s COVID-19 caseload went up by 218 on Monday and reached 1,64,654, while the toll increased by seven to touch 2,997. The number of people discharged so far is 1,58,591, including 413 during the day, leaving the state with 3,066 active cases.
Punjab: The total number of patients tested Positive is 592658. Number of active cases is 6477. Total Deaths reported is 15854. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 1st dose  is 1295626. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 2nd dose  is 325334. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 1st dose is 3226298. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 2nd dose is 534127.
Haryana: Total Number of Samples found positive till date is 767580. Total active COVID-19 patients is2337. Number of deaths is 9275. Cumulative number of people vaccinated till date is 7659624.
Chandigarh: Total Lab confirmed COVID-19 cases is 61444. Total number of Active Cases is 311. Total number of COVID-19 deaths till date is 806.
Himachal Pradesh: Total number of patients tested Covid positive till date is 200603. Total number of Active Cases is 2408. Total deaths reported till date is 3432.
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